ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL

The director of planning and development
or his or her designees (including but not limited to the zoning official and
code official) shall be responsible for enforcement of the provisions of this
chapter.

Editor's note--Section
6-1, which adopted the flood insurance program and derived from Ord. No. 3488,
§ 2, adopted June 15, 1987, was deleted as being superseded by § 27-231 of Ord.
No. 4079, the new zoning ordinance. Ord. No. 5563, § 1, 8-20-18.

City officers or employees who
are charged with the enforce­ment of this chapter and who act in good faith and
without malice in the discharge of their duties, shall not be liable personally
and are hereby relieved from all personal liability for any damage that may
accrue to persons or property as a result of any act required or by reason of
any act or omission in the discharge of their duties. Any suit brought against any of such officers or employees
because of act or omission performed in the enforce­ment of any provision of
this chapter, shall be defended by the legal department of the city until
termination of the proceedings.

(a)
The minimum horizontal distance separating any municipal water well from each of
the following potential contamination sources shall be as set forth below:

Distance

Potential Contamination Source

(feet)

Absorption or disposal field for waste

500

Cesspool

500

Chemical or petroleum product storage

500

Corral

500

Dump

500

Feedlot or Feedlot runoff

500

Nonpotable water well

1,000

Pit toilet

500

Sanitary landfill

500

Sanitary sewer connection

100

Sanitary sewer line

50

Sanitary sewer line (permanently watertight)

10

Sanitary sewer manhole

100

Septic tank

500

Sewage lagoon

1,000

Sewage treatment plant

500

Sewage wet well

500

Closed-loop food grade heat pump

500

(b)
The provisions of this section shall supersede any land use regulation which
allows for the installation of a potential contaminant source on a parcel of
land. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the installation
or maintenance of any potential contamination source which is restricted or
prohibited by any federal, state or local law, statute, regulation or ordinance.

(c)
This regulation shall not be applicable to any potential contaminant sources
constructed or in use at the time of the enactment of this section.

No permit
fee shall be assessed by the Planning and Development Department for construction or maintenance
of any city-owned facility or project.
This shall be inclusive of building, plumbing, electrical and mechanical
permits, or any other permit that shall be deemed necessary by the Planning and
Development Department for such project.

A certain document, one (1)
copy which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the City of Norfolk,
Nebraska, being marked and designated as the "2012 International Building
Code" as published
by The International Code Council, Inc. is
hereby adopted as the building code of the City of Norfolk, Ne­braska, as if
fully set out in this section, with the additions, in­sertions, deletions and
changes, if any, prescribed in section 6-18 of this article.

In the event of a conflict
between the provisions of the publica­tion adopted by reference in this article
and any other provisions of this Code, such other provisions of this Code shall be
controlling.

The Department of Building Safety is hereby created and the official in charge
thereof shall be known as the building official. The terms building
official and code official shall be interchangeable as they relate to this code.

Section (A) 104.1.
General. Add the following after the
last sentence:

The code official shall also be responsible for
coordination of street excavation permits and curb grind permits, with approval
from the engineering division and street division and for attendance at
board of adjustment meetings and all meeting pertinent to this position.

Insert the
following after Sec. 104.7:

Section
(A) 104.9.1. Payment of fees: The director of planning and
development shall keep an accurate
account of all fees collected and such collected fees shall be turned in daily
to the city clerk.

1.
One-story detached accessory structures used as playhouses and similar uses,
provided the floor area does not exceed 64 square feet.

2. Fences not over 4 feet high.

4. Retaining walls less than 48" high when
measured from the top of the finished grade at base of retaining wall to top of
retaining wall unless supporting a surcharge of impounding Class I, II, or IIIA
liquids. Retaining walls over 48" above finished grade shall be provided
with a guardrail. The guardrail shall be a minimum of 36" high.

Section (A)
107.1. General. Add following sentence to end of Exception:

A plan stamped by a design professional shall not be required for pole/post and
beam structures of 2400 square feet or less in R-R, S-R and A zoning district.

Section
109.2. Schedule of permit fees. Insert the Building Permit Fees
as set forth in Section 2-5 of the Norfolk City Code.

Section (A) 111.2 Certificate issued.

After the code official inspects the building
or structure and finds no violations of the provisions of this code or other
laws that are enforced by the department of building safety, the code
official may issue a certificate of occupancy..

Section
114.4. Violation penalties. Amend to
read as follows:

Any person who shall violate a provision of this
code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof or who shall
erect, construct, alter or repair a building or structure in violation of an
approved plan or directive of the code official or director of planning and
development, or of a permit or certificate
issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an offense
punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Each
day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be deemed
a separate offense.

Section
115.2. Issuance.
Amend to read as follows:

Upon notice from the code official or director of
planning and development, work on any
building or structure that is being done contrary to the provisions of this code
or in a dangerous or unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice
shall be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the
owner's agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the
conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency
exists, the code official or director of planning and development shall not be required to give a written notice prior
to stopping the work, however, a written notice as provided for in this section
shall be given as soon as practicable following the work stoppage order.

Section
115.3. Unlawful continuance. Amend to read as follows:

Any person who shall continue any work in or about
the structure after having been served with a stop work order, except such work
as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition,
shall be liable for a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

Section
1510.3 Recovering versus replacement. Add:

4. Architectural laminated asphalt shingles shall not be covered with an
additional layer of asphalt shingles

To establish flood hazard areas, the
governing body has adopted flood hazard maps and regulations as set forth in
Chapter 27 of the Official Code of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska. The adopted flood hazard maps and supporting
data are hereby adopted by reference and declared to be part of this section.

No person shall begin to
construct, erect, enlarge, structurally alter or demolish any building,
structure or sign without first obtaining a building permit. All permit fees shall be paid prior to the
issuance of any permit.

1.
Sheetrock/paneling shall not be installed over existing wall/ceiling surfaces
unless approved by the code official.

2.
Uninhabitable basements shall not have non-structural partition walls.
Basements without code compliant stairways, minimum ceiling heights and at least
one egress window shall be considered to be uninhabitable.

ARTICLE III. BUILDING CONTRACTORS

DIVISION 1. GENERALLY

DIVISION 2. REGISTRATION

(a)
Every person engaged in the business of constructing, altering or remodeling of
one- and two family dwellings shall register as a residential building
contractor with the city. Any person
who is the owner and will reside in the one-family dwelling he or she is
constructing is exempted from the registration requirement set forth in this
section provided he or she constructs not more than one (1) dwelling in a
two-year period and certifies in writing that he or she will reside in such
dwelling following its completion.

(b)
Every person engaged in the
construction, alteration or remodeling of any sign, structure or building other than one-
or two-family dwellings shall register as a commercial building contractor with
the city. Registration as a commercial
building contractor shall also allow the registrant to construct, alter or
remodel one- and two-family dwellings.

(c)
The requirements of this section shall not apply to any property owner
constructing, altering or remodeling a sign equal to or less than eighty (80)
square feet in area on his or her own property.

Registration
required pursuant to the provisions of this division of the Code shall be
completed before any building permit is issued. No building permit shall be issued until a copy of the
registration has been filed in the office of the
Planning and Development Department. The registration requirement of this section
may be waived at the discretion of the code official when the contemplated
project is less than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), is minor in regard to
construction techniques and design, and does not affect life safety
elements. In no event shall the
registration requirement of any person be waived when said person is issued
more than one building permit in any calendar year.

(a) No registration shall be completed pursuant to the
provisions of this division until the applicant for same furnishes and
maintains during all times that the registration is in effect, bodily injury
and property damage liability insurance coverage with limits of at least one
million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per occurrence.

(b) The registrant shall furnish the city with a
certificate of such insurance coverage, which shall note that the insurance
coverage shall not be terminated except upon thirty (30) days’ written notice
to the City of Norfolk.

(c)
The policy of
insurance required by this section shall be purchased at the expense of the
registrant, shall be in effect for at least one (1) year from the date of
registration, and shall provide coverage of products, hazards and completed operations.
Expiration or cancellation of the policy shall
automatically suspend the registration until a substitute policy has been
obtained, and a certificate of that fact filed in the office of the city.

Registration
pursuant to the provisions of this division shall expire on December 31 of the
final year of each three-year registration cycle. The initial registration cycle shall terminate on December 31,
2001 and subsequent cycles shall terminate every three (3) years thereafter.

(a) If a registered building contractor shall
willfully or repeatedly violate any ordinance or law relating to the
construction of a building or structure, the board of appeals established by
the building code adopted by the City may suspend such registration and such
suspension shall continue unless and until the board of appeals shall terminate
the suspension. The code official or director of planning and development shall
serve or cause to be served upon the registrant a notice in writing specifying
the grounds for suspension.

(b)
Any failure on the part of a registered
building contractor to comply with the provisions of this chapter or be
responsible for any installation which is a hazard to life and property shall
be deemed sufficient cause for revoking the building contractor’s registration,
together with all rights and privileges thereunder. The board of appeals established by the building code adopted by
the City may revoke the building contractor’s registration upon the
recommendation of the code official or director of planning and development following a public hearing. The clerk is hereby authorized to refuse
registration to any contractor who as an individual has had his or her
registration revoked or who has acted as a principal in any business which has
had its registration revoked pursuant to this section in the previous five (5)
years. Such refusal may extend to the
revoked registrant and also to any business entity seeking registration in
which said individual or principal is acting as a principal.

ARTICLE
IV. ELECTRICAL
CODE*

DIVISION
1. GENERALLY

*Editor's
note--Section 8 of Ord. No. 3054, enacted Feb. 16, 1982, repealed Ord. No.
2712 from which former Art. IV, which also pertained to electricity,
derived. Codification of §§ 1--7 of said Ord. No. 3054 as a new
Art. IV is at the discretion of the editor.

A certain document, one (1)
copy of which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the City of
Norfolk, Nebraska, being marked and designated as "The 2017 National
Electrical Code," as published by the
National Fire Protection Association, and as adopted by the State of Nebraska, is
hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska, as if
fully set out in this section, except as hereinafter provided by specific
changes, for the purpose of regulating electrical wiring,
electrical installations and electrical apparatus within the jurisdiction of
the City of Norfolk, Nebraska.

The
code official or the director of planning and development, or his or her
authorized representative, is hereby authorized and directed to enforce the
provisions of this code, and take such action, provided by law, to enforce the
provisions of this code.

(a) The
code official shall examine or cause to be examined all
electrical installations for which a permit has been issued.

(b) The
code official shall not be required to make inspec­tions
on any electrical installations that are required to be inspected by state or
federal authorities.

(c) The
code official is authorized to examine or cause to be
examined any electrical equipment or wiring within or on any build­ing or
premises. If such is found to be
defective or in an improper operating condition so as to constitute a danger to human
life or a hazard to the public health, safety and welfare, the code official or
director of planning and development shall give written notice to the owner of such building or premises,
stating the deficiencies found to exist and the date by which these
deficiencies must be corrected. Such
notice shall be addressed to the owner at his or her last known address.

(d) The
code official or director of planning and development is hereby vested with the authority to
disconnect or order the electric utility supplier to disconnect the electrical
service to any building or premises where such deficien­cies in electrical
equipment or wiring have not been corrected within the time specified by such
notice duly served upon the owner, and in cases of emergency where the same is
necessary for the protection of life, limb or property; and is further
authorized to order the electric utility supplier to disconnect service to any
building or premises where a valid permit has not been issued for such electric
services.

(a) Whenever necessary to make an inspection to enforce any of the
provisions of this code, or whenever the code official or director of planning
and development has reasonable cause
to believe that there exists within or on any build­ing or premises, any
equipment or wiring which makes such build­ing or premises dangerous, hazardous
or unsafe, or that work is being done or has been done in violation of this
code, then the code official is hereby authorized to enter within or on
such building or premises at any reasonable time and to inspect the same
provided that:

(1) If such building or premises be occupied, he/she shall first pres­ent
proper credentials to the occupant and demand entry, explaining his/her reasons
therefor; and

(2) If such building or premises be unoccupied, he/she shall first
make reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person having charge or
control of such building or premises and demand entry explaining his/her reasons
therefor.

(b) If such entry is refused or cannot be obtained because the owner
or other person having charge or control cannot be found after due diligence,
the code official or director of planning and development shall have recourse to every remedy provided by law to
secure lawful entry and inspect such building or premises. If, after inspection, the
code official or director of planning and development
finds the work or equipment being used in a dangerous, hazardous or unsafe
manner, he/she is hereby authorized to order discontinuance of such work or use of
such equipment.

(c) No owner or occupant or any other person having charge, care or
control of any building or premises shall fail or neglect, after proper demand
is made as herein provided, to promptly permit entry therein by the code official
or director of planning and development for the purpose of inspection and examination pursuant to this
code. Any person violating this section
shall be guilty of an offense.

(a) Unlawful acts. It
shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to do any electrical work
in conflict with or in violation of any of the provisions of this article.

(b)
Violation penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision of
this article, or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements thereof, or
who shall erect, install, alter or repair electrical work in violation of the
approved construction documents or directive of the code official or director of
planning and development, or of a
permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code,
shall be guilty of an offense punishable by a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00). Each day that a viola­tion continues after due
notice has been served shall be
deemed a separate offense.

Any person who is aggrieved by
a decision, notice or order of the code official or director of planning and
development made pursuant to this
division may appeal such decision to the board of appeals established pursuant
to the build­ing code in force in the city.
The procedure for such an appeal shall be as provided in the building
code in force in the city.

DIVISION
2. CONTRACTOR'S REGISTRATION
AND REGULATIONS

It shall be unlawful for any
person to engage in the business of installing electrical wiring or equipment
for electrical light, heat, power and other purposes within the jurisdiction of
the City of Norfolk except as provided herein, without having first procured a
State of Nebraska electrical contractor, Class B electrical contractor,
Class A master electrician, Class B master electrician, installer, special electrician, or
a fire alarm installer's license, and being
duly registered as such with the City of Norfolk's Planning and Development
Department. A person desiring
the original issuance or renewal of any of the above registrations shall pay a
registration fee as set forth
in Section 2-5 of this
Code to the city. Such registration shall coincide with that of the
State electrical license period.

It
shall be unlawful for any person to install or supervise the installation of
electrical wiring or equipment, within the juris­diction of the City of
Norfolk, except as provided herein, without first having procured the proper
electrical license issued by the State of Nebraska Electrical Board.

It shall be unlawful for an
apprentice electrician to do or per­form any act of electrical installation,
repair or maintenance without the supervision of an electrical contractor, master
electrician, or journeyman
electrician .

(a)
Any homeowner may perform electrical work on his or her principal residence
which is also said homeowner's domicile, and/or a detached accessory building
associated with the dwelling use, if such residence is not larger than a
single-family dwelling. All electrical wiring installed by a homeowner
shall be for him or her, without compensation or pay from or to any other person
for such labor or installation. The homeowner shall be required to file
plans and demonstrate knowledge of code requirements as requested by the code
official. The homeowner shall apply for and secure a
permit, pay the required permit fees, and call for all inspections in the manner
provided by this code.

(b)
A homeowner shall complete a homeowner verification form that proves to the code official that he/she
owns the home and he/she resides in such home in order to qualify for a
homeowner's permit.

Any
firm or person, prior to obtaining registration for an electrical business,
shall furnish and maintain during all times that the registration is in effect,
bodily injury and property damage liability insurance coverage with limits of at
least one million dollars ($1,000,000.00). Such firm or person shall
furnish the city with a certificate of such insurance coverage, which
shall note that the insurance coverage shall not be terminated except upon
thirty (30) days' written notice to the City of Norfolk. The policy of
insurance required by this section shall be purchased at the expense of the
registrant, and shall provide coverage of products, hazards and completed
operations. Cancellation of the policy or a lapse in the certificate of
insurance shall automatically suspend the
registration until a substitute policy has been obtained, and a certificate of
insurance evidencing that fact has been filed with the city.

All
classes of electrical contractors as listed in Section 6-71 of this Code as defined by the State Electrical Act, shall register
with the City of Norfolk to do or perform any act of electrical installation,
repair or maintenance in the city. Such registration period shall
coincide with that of the State electrical license period. At the time of
registration, the applicant shall show evidence of valid license with the State
of Nebraska.

(a)
The code official or director of planning and development may recommend to the building code board of appeals the sus­pension of any
electrical
registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this division if
its holder willfully or repeatedly violates any ordinances or laws relating to
the installation of electrical wiring or electrical apparatus.

(b)
The code official or director of planning and development may recommend to the building code board of appeals the revo­cation of any such
registration if its holder fails to comply with the provisions of this article,
or fails to be responsible for any installa­tion which is a hazard to life and
property. The building code board of appeals may revoke such a
registration upon recommendation of
the code official or director of planning and development, and the clerk is hereby authorized to refuse registration to any
contractor who as an individual has had his or her registration revoked or who
has acted as a principal in any business which has had its registration revoked
pursuant to this section in the previous five (5) years. Such refusal may
extend to the revoked registrant and also to any business entity seeking
registration in which said individual or principal is acting as a principal. The revocation of such
registration shall result in the loss of all rights and privileges thereunder.

(c)
If an individual holds a current city electrical registration, and the State of
Nebraska electrical license for an individual is revoked by the State Electrical
Board, such city registration shall be revoked automatically without building
code of appeals review.

DIVISION
3. PERMITS AND INSPECTIONS

No
person, firm, corporation or qualified homeowners who meet the requirements of
Section 6-76 shall install, alter or add to any electrical equipment without
first obtaining a permit therefor from the code official.

(1)
Minor repair work including but not limited to
repairing flush and snap switches, replacing fuses, changing lamp sockets and
receptacles, taping joints and repairing drop cords and repairing of
appliances, motors and other devices when not attached to permanent wiring, when
the wiring is an integral part of machinery, appliances or vehicles.

(2)
Experimental work of a temporary nature in testing laboratories of electrical
shops, educational institutions and the like.

(3)
Wiring supplied with current by approved bell-ringing transformers.

(4)
The attaching of portable appliances to existing outlets.

(5)
Repair or replacement of motors on fixed approved appliances of the same type
and rating in the same location.

(b)
The exceptions enumerated above shall not be construed to exempt any person,
firm, or corporation from compliance with the standards prescribed by this code
for the installation of electrical equipment, or from inspection as provided
herein.

(a)
No
permit shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this division unless the
proposed work will comply with all laws and ordinances and unless the required
fee has been paid.

(b)
The code official may require detailed electrical construction
documents/specifications for a project prior to permit issuance. Review of
these documents/specifications does not constitute final approval for design or
installation. Review of construction documents/specifications will
continue throughout project construction.

No
person shall conceal, or cause to be concealed, any electrical wiring or
equipment without the permission of the code official. A rough-in
electrical inspection is required before any wiring is covered by construction
of walls, ceilings, floors, or underground installations. Failure to
request inspection may result in removal of the covering to make inspection
possible.

(a) Work shall be commenced under an electrical permit within
one hundred eighty (180) days from date of issuance unless written permission to extend such time
limitation within such one hundred eighty-day period is granted. If not commenced within the required time, and no extension is
given, the permit shall expire and must be reissued before work can be
performed.

(b) There shall be no refunds or credits given on unused permits which
have expired.

(a)
Extensions to Existing Installations: Extensions to existing installations
shall not be made, attached or connected to any existing wiring where the existing
wiring does not conform to the minimum requirements as set forth by this
article.

(b)
Removal of Unused Electrical Wiring: All unused and abandoned electrical
equipment, wiring, conduits, and devices shall be removed from all buildings and
structures.

ARTICLE V. MECHANICAL CODE

A
certain document, one (1) copy which is on file in the office of the city clerk
of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska, being marked and designated as the "2012 International Mechanical Code” and all Appendices, as published by the International Code
Council, is hereby adopted as the mechanical code of the City of Norfolk,
Nebraska, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions,
deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in section 6-107 of this article.

The following
sections of the mechanical code adopted in section 6-106 are hereby revised as follows:

Section 101.1: Insert: The City of Norfolk, Nebraska.

Section 106.5.1: Delete this section in its entirety.

Section 106.5.2: Insert the Mechanical Permit
Fees set forth in Section 2-5
of the Norfolk City Code.

Section 106.5.3:
Amend to read as follows:

Fee Refunds.
The director of planning and development is authorized to establish a refund policy.

Section
108.4: Amend to read as follows:

Violation
penalties. Any person who shall violate a provision of this code or shall
fail to comply with any of the requirements hereof or who shall erect, install,
alter or repair mechanical systems in violation of the approved construction
documents or directive of the code official, or of a permit or certificate
issued under the provisions of this code, shall be guilty of an offense,
punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
Each day that a violation continues after due notice has been served shall be
deemed a separate offense.

Section 108.5: Amend to read as
follows:

Stop
work orders. Upon notice from the code official or director of planning
and development, work on any mechanical
system that is being done contrary to the provisions of this code or in a
dangerous or unsafe manner shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be
in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property, or to the owner’s
agent, or to the person doing the work. The notice shall state the
conditions under which work is authorized to resume. Where an emergency
exists, the code official or director of planning and development shall not be required to give a written notice prior
to stopping the work. Any person who shall continue any work in or about
the structure after having been served with a stop work order, except such work
as that person is directed to perform to remove a violation or unsafe
condition, shall be liable for a fine of not more than five
hundred dollars ($500.00).

Sections 109.2 through 109.7: Delete
these sections in their entirety.

(a)
Any person desiring to do business as a
mechanical contractor within the jurisdiction of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska
shall first register as a mechanical contractor with the City of Norfolk and obtain
a mechanical contractor’s registration from the city.

(b) No person shall install or modify any
mechanical systems that are permanently installed and utilized to provide
control of environmental conditions and related processes identified in the
currently adopted Mechanical Code before first obtaining the necessary permits.

Any person desiring a mechanical contractor’s
registration shall make written application to the code official upon a form
furnished by the Planning and Development Department. Except in the case of renewal registrations no
person shall be issued a mechanical contractor’s registration unless he/she
has had at least three (3) years of job related experience within the last six
(6) years and has successfully completed an examination
approved by the plumbing board. Proof of such experience shall be provided
by the applicant. One year of credit may be given for successful
completion of a two (2) year college course in mechanical work. A registration
card shall be issued by the city upon the applicant’s proof of
successful examination completion and completion of a registration form filed
with the plumbing board or its designee. An applicant who has successfully
completed a nationally standardized test based on the International Mechanical
Code within the last ten (10) years shall not be required to retest. A person desiring the original
issuance of a mechanical contractor’s registration shall upon proof of
experience and successful examination completion, pay the registration fee set
forth in Section 2-5 of
this Code to the city. A person desiring the renewal of such a
registration shall pay the registration fee set forth in
Section 2-5 of this Code to the
city. Such registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.
Renewal registrations shall be granted, without a re-examination, upon the
written application of the registrant filed with the board or its designee and a
showing that his/her purposes and condition remain unchanged, unless the board
determines from information provided to the board in the form of an affidavit
that the applicant is no longer competent, or entitled to such renewal
registration, in which event the renewal registration shall not be granted until
the applicant has undergone the examination hereinbefore required.
Applications for renewal registrations may be made between December 1 and March
1. Applications for renewal registrations after March 1 shall be required
to show proof of successful re-examination to the plumbing board or its
designee.

All original
and renewal registrations may be renewed by the plumbing board or its designee
at the date of expiration; provided any registration may be revoked or suspended
by the plumbing board, at any time, upon a hearing upon sufficient written,
sworn charges filed with the board showing the holder of the registration to be
then incompetent or guilty of a willful breach of the rules, regulations or
requirements of the board, or of the laws or ordinances relating thereto, or of
other causes sufficient for the revocation of his/her registration, of which
charges and hearing the holder of such registration shall have written notice.

Any person, prior to obtaining
a mechanical contractor’s registration, shall furnish and maintain during all
times that the registration is in effect, bodily injury and property damage
liability insurance coverage with limits of at least one million dollars
($1,000,000) per occurrence. Such contractor
shall furnish the city clerk with a certificate of such insurance coverage,
which shall note that the insurance coverage shall not be terminated except
upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the City of Norfolk. The policy of insurance required by this
section shall be purchased at the expense of the registrant, shall be in effect
for at least one (1) year from the date of registration, and shall provide
coverage of products, hazards and completed operations. Cancellation of the policy shall
automatically suspend the registration until a substitute policy has been
obtained, and a certificate of that fact filed in the office of the city clerk.

(a) Any person, partnership, corporation or
other legal entity who installs or repairs gas systems, on the discharge side
of a meter, within the zoning jurisdiction of the City of Norfolk, shall be a
duly qualified gas contractor with a registration issued by the City of
Norfolk.

(b) No person shall install or modify any fuel-gas piping systems or other
related processes identified in the currently adopted Mechanical Code before first obtaining
the necessary permits.

Any
person desiring a gas contractor’s registration shall make written application
to the code official upon a form furnished by the Planning and Development
Department. Except in the
case of renewal registrations no person shall be issued a gas contractor’s
registration unless he/she has had at least three (3) years of job related
experience within the last six (6) years and has successfully
completed an examination approved by the plumbing board. Proof of such
experience shall be provided by the applicant. One year of credit may be
given for successful completion of a two (2) year college course in gas systems
work. A registration card shall be issued by the city upon the applicant’s
proof of successful examination completion and completion of a registration form
filed with the plumbing board or its designee. An applicant who has
successfully completed a nationally standardized test based on the International
Mechanical Code within the last ten (10) years shall not be required to retest
at the discretion of the code official. A person desiring the
original issuance of a gas contractor’s registration shall upon proof of
experience and successful examination completion, pay the registration fee set
forth in Section 2-5 of
this Code to the city. A person desiring the renewal of such a
registration shall pay the registration fee set forth in
Section 2-5 of this Code to the
city. Such registration shall expire on December 31 of each year.
Renewal registrations shall be granted, without a re-examination, upon the
written application of the registrant filed with the board or its designee and a
showing that his/her purposes and condition remain unchanged, unless the board
determines from information provided to the board in the form of an affidavit
that the applicant is no longer competent, or entitled to such renewal
registration, in which event the renewal registration shall not be granted until
the applicant has undergone the examination hereinbefore required.
Applications for renewal registrations may be made between December 1 and March
1. Applications for renewal registrations after March 1 shall be required
to show proof of successful re-examination to the plumbing board or its
designee.

All original and
renewal registrations may be renewed by the plumbing board or its designee at the
date of expiration; provided any registration may be revoked or suspended by
the plumbing board, at any time, upon a hearing upon sufficient written, sworn
charges filed with the board showing the holder of the registration to be then
incompetent or guilty of a willful breach of the rules, regulations or
requirements of the board, or of the laws or ordinances relating thereto, or of
other causes sufficient for the revocation of his/her registration, of which
charges and hearing the holder of such registration shall have written
notice.

Any person, prior to obtaining a gas contractor’s
registration, shall furnish and maintain during all times that the registration
is in effect, bodily injury and property damage liability insurance coverage
with limits of at least one million dollars ($1,000,000.00) per
occurrence. Such contractor shall furnish the city clerk
with a certificate of such insurance coverage, which shall note that the
insurance coverage shall not be terminated except upon thirty (30) days’
written notice to the City of Norfolk.
The policy of insurance required by this section shall be purchased at
the expense of the registrant, shall be in effect for at least one (1) year
from the date of registration, and shall provide coverage of products, hazards
and completed operations. Cancellation
of the policy shall automatically suspend the registration until a substitute
policy has been obtained, and a certificate of that fact filed in the office of
the city clerk.

(a) No person who has obtained a mechanical contractor registration or gas
contractor registration shall allow his/her name to be used by another person,
either for the purpose of obtaining permits, or for doing business or work under
the registration.

(b) Nothing herein contained shall be construed as prohibiting the
homeowner of an owner occupied single family dwelling from installing or
repairing their own mechanical systems or gas appliances or installing,
extending, replacing, altering or repairing consumer's pipes on the premises
upon which the said homeowner resides, provided however, all such work must be
done in conformity with all other provisions of this chapter, including those
relating to permits and inspection fees. Nothing contained herein shall be
construed as a method to circumvent the need for a mechanical contractor
registration or gas contractor registration for anyone doing work on any
structure to be sold, rented or leased.

Any person who is aggrieved by a decision, notice or
order of the code official or director of planning and development made pursuant to this article may appeal such
decision to the board of appeals established pursuant to the building code in
force in the city. The procedure for
such an appeal shall be as provided in the building code in force in the city.

ARTICLE
VI. PLUMBING

DIVISION
1. GENERALLY

A certain
document, one (1) copy which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the
City of Norfolk, Nebraska, being marked and designated as the "2012 International
Plumbing Code," and all Appendices as published by The International Code
Council, is hereby adopted as the plumbing code of the City of Norfolk,
Nebraska, as if fully set out in this section, with the additions, insertions,
deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in section 6-122 of this article.

The following sections of the
plumbing code adopted in section 6-121 are hereby revised as follows:

Section
101.1 Title. Insert: City of Norfolk, Nebraska.

Section
106.2 Exempt work. Amend
to read as follows:

The following work shall be exempt from the requirement for a permit:

1.
The stopping of
leaks in drains, water, soil, waste or vent pipe provided, however, that if any
concealed trap, drainpipe, water, soil, waste or vent pipe becomes defective and
it becomes necessary to remove and replace the same with new material, such work
shall be considered as new work and a permit shall be obtained and inspection
made as provided in this code.

2.
The clearing of stoppages or the repairing of leaks in pipes, valves or
fixtures, and the removal and reinstallation of water closets.

3.
The replacement of faucets and fixtures and water closets, provided the fixtures
are not being relocated.

Section
106.6.1 Work commencing before permit issuance. Amend to read as
follows:

Any person who commences any work on a plumbing system before obtaining the
necessary permits shall be subject to a fee three times the normal permit fee.

Section
106.6.2 Fee Schedule. Insert the Plumbing Permit Fees, Sanitary
Sewer Line Installation and Private Water Line Installation fees set forth in
Section 2-5 of the
Norfolk City Code.

Section
106.6.3 Fee refunds.
Amend to read as follows:

The director of planning and development is authorized to establish a refund policy.

Section
108.4 Violation penalties.
Amend to read as follows:

Any person who shall violate a
provision of this code or shall fail to comply with any of the requirements
hereof or who shall erect, install, alter or repair plumbing work in violation
of the approved construction documents or directive of the code official or
director of planning and development, or of
a permit or certificate issued under the provisions of this code, shall be
guilty of an offense, punishable by a fine of not more than five hundred
dollars ($500.00). Each day that a violation continues after due notice
has been served shall be deemed a separate offense.

Section
108.5 Stop work orders. Amend to read as follows:

Upon
notice from the code official or director of planning and development, work on any plumbing system that is being done
contrary to the provisions of this code or in a dangerous or unsafe manner
shall immediately cease. Such notice shall be in writing and shall be given
to the owner of the property, or to the owner’s agent, or to the person doing
the work. The notice shall state the conditions under which work is
authorized to resume. Where an emergency exists, the code official or
director of planning and development shall
not be required to give a written notice prior to stopping the work. Any
person who shall continue any work in or about the structure after having been
served with a stop work order, except such work as that person is directed to
perform to remove a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of
not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

Sections
109 Means of Appeal.
Delete this section in its entirety.

Section
305.6 Freezing. Amend to read as follows:

Water, soil and waste pipes shall not be installed outside of a building, in
attics or crawl spaces, concealed in outside walls, or in any other place
subjected to freezing temperature unless adequate provision is made to protect
such pipes from freezing by insulation or heat or both. Water service
piping shall be installed at a minimum of 60 inches below finished grade.

Section
305.6.1 Sewer depth. Amend to read as follows:

Building sewers that connect to
public sewage disposal systems shall be installed to a minimum depth of 48
inches unless otherwise approved by the code official..

Section
306.3 Backfilling.
Amend to
read as follows:

Loose earth free from rocks, broken
concrete, frozen chunks and other rubble, shall be placed in the trench in
6-inch layers and tamped in place to existing grade. The backfill under and beside the pipe shall be compacted for
pipe support. Backfill shall be brought
up evenly on both sides of the pipe so that the pipe remains aligned. In any instance where the manufacturer’s
installation instructions for materials are more restrictive than those
prescribed by code, the material shall be installed in accordance with the more
restrictive requirement.

Section
406.3 Waste connection. Amend to read as follows:

The waste from an automatic clothes washer shall discharge through an air break
into a standpipe in accordance with Section 802.4 or into a laundry sink.
The trap and fixture drain from an automatic clothes washer standpipe shall be a
minimum of 2 inches (51mm) in diameter. The automatic clothes washer
fixture drain shall connect to a branch drain or drainage stack a minimum of 2
inches (76mm) in diameter. Automatic clothes washers that discharge by
gravity shall be permitted to drain to a waste receptor or an approved trench
drain.

Section
410.1 Approval. Amend to read as follows:

Drinking fountains shall conform to ASME A112.19.1M, ASME A112.19.2M or ASME
A112.19.9M and water coolers shall conform to ARI 1010. Drinking fountains
and water coolers shall conform to NSF 61, Section 9. Where water is
served in restaurants, drinking fountains shall not be required. In other
occupancies, where drinking fountains are required, water coolers or bottled
water dispensers shall be permitted to be substituted for not more than 50
percent of the required drinking fountains. In occupancies of 15 or less,
a drinking fountain is not required.

Section
416.5 Tempered water for public hand-washing facilities. Amend
to read as follows:

Tempered water shall be delivered from public hand-washing facilities.

Section
603.2 Separation of water service and building sewer. Amend to read as follows:

Water service pipe and the building sewer shall be separated by 5 feet (1524mm)
of undisturbed or compacted earth.

Exceptions:

1.
The required
separation distance shall not apply where the bottom of the water service pipe
within 5 feet (1524mm) of the sewer is a minimum of 18 inches (457mm) above the
top of the highest point of the sewer and the pipe materials conform to Table
702.3.

2.
Water service pipe is permitted to be located in the same trench with a building
drain, provided such building drain is constructed of materials listed in Table
702.2.

Insert the following after
Section 603.2.1:

Section 603.3: Tracer Wire: An insulated copper tracer wire shall be installed adjacent to
underground non-metallic water service piping.
The tracer wire shall not be less than 12-gauge copper wire with
insulation suitable for direct burial.
The tracer wire shall be attached to the curb box cap and shall
terminate at the water meter valve.

Section
607.1 Where required. Amend to read as follows:

In residential occupancies, hot water shall be supplied to all plumbing fixtures
and equipment utilized for bathing, washing, culinary purposes, cleaning,
laundry or building maintenance. In nonresidential occupancies, hot water
shall be supplied for culinary purposes, cleaning, laundry or building
maintenance purposes. In nonresidential occupancies, hot water or tempered
water shall be supplied for bathing and washing purposes.

Section 607.1.1 Water temperature limiting
means. Delete this section in its entirety.

Joint surfaces shall be clean and free from moisture. An approved primer that conforms to ASTM F
656 shall be applied. Solvent cement not purple in color and conforming to
ASTM D 2564, CSA B 137.3, CSA B 181.2, or CSA B 182.1 shall be applied to all
joint surfaces. The joint shall be made while the cement is wet and shall
be in accordance with ASTM D 2855. Solvent-cement joints shall be
permitted above or below ground.

Section
705.14.2 Solvent cementing. Amend to read as follows:

Joint surfaces shall be clean and free from moisture. An approved primer that conforms to ASTM F
656 shall be applied. Solvent cement not purple in color and conforming to
ASTM D 2564, CSA B 137.3, CSA B 181.2, or CSA B 182.1 shall be applied to all
joint surfaces. The joint shall be made while the cement is wet and shall
be in accordance with ASTM D 2855. Solvent-cement joints shall be
permitted above or below ground.

Section
706.3 Installation of fittings. Delete the exception in this
section.

Section
715.1 Sewage backflow: Amend to read as follows:

Where the flood level rims of plumbing fixtures are below the elevation of the
manhole cover of the next upstream manhole in the public sewer, such fixtures
shall be protected by a backwater valve installed in the building drain,
branch of the building drain or horizontal branch serving such
fixtures. Plumbing fixtures having flood level rims above the elevation of
the manhole cover of the next upstream manhole in the public sewer may discharge
through a backwater valve.

Insert
the following after Section 715.5:

Section 715.6 Cleanouts. All cleanouts located upstream from a
backwater valve shall have notification that a backwater device is installed in
the drainage system. Such notification shall be in the form of a warning
label that is readily visible prior to servicing the drainage system. An
accessible cleanout shall be installed immediately downstream from the backwater
valve.

Section 715.7 Repair or Replacement. Backwater valves shall be
installed as required when sewer service lines to existing structures are
repaired or replaced.

Section
904.1 Roof extension.
Insert: 12 inches.

Section
1111.1 Subsoil drains. Amend to read as follows:

Subsoil drains shall be open-jointed, horizontally split or perforated pipe
conforming to one of the standards listed in Table 1102.5. Such drains
shall not be less than 4 inches (102 mm) in diameter. Where the building
is subject to backwater, the subsoil drain shall be protected by an accessibly
located backwater valve. Subsoil drains shall discharge to a trapped area
drain, sump or approved location above ground. The subsoil sump shall be
required to have a gas-tight cover. The sump and pumping system shall
comply with Section 1113.1.

The code official or director of planning and
development is hereby vested with the
authority to order the disconnection of the water service to any building or
premises where such deficiencies in plumbing equipment or materials have not
been corrected within the time specified by a notice duly served upon the
owner, developer or contractor; and in cases of emergency where the same is
necessary for the protection of life or a hazard to public health, safety and
welfare; and is further authorized to order the disconnection of the water
service to any building or premises where a valid permit has not been issued
for plumbing installation or alteration.

Unless a specific provision of this article provides for an appeal to the
plumbing board, any person who is aggrieved by a
decision, notice or order of the code official and/or director of planning and
development made pursuant to this article
may appeal such decision to the board of appeals established pursuant to the
building code in force in the city. The
procedure to such an appeal shall be provided in the building code in force in
the city.

DIVISION
2. PLUMBING BOARD

The plumbing board shall
consist of five (5) members who shall be:
(1) the city plumbing inspector;
(2) the city health inspector; (3) one plumbing contractor; (4) one journeyman
plumber; and (5) one citizen from the community at large. Said plumbers and citizen at large shall be
appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. The plumbing inspector and the health
inspector shall hold office during the term of the mayor. The plumbing
contractor and journeyman plumber each shall hold a valid City of Norfolk plumber’s registration.
Three (3) members of the plumbing
board shall constitute a quorum. All
vacancies in the board shall be filled by appointment by the mayor with the
approval of the city council. The terms of office of the
plumbers and the citizen at large shall be for three (3) years, which terms
shall be staggered. Each member of the
board shall give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00),
conditioned according to law, the cost of which shall be paid by the city.

The
plumbing board shall, within ten (10) days after their appointments, meet and
organize by selection of one of their members as chairman. The plumbing inspector or his/her designee
shall be the secretary of said board.
It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep full, true and correct
minutes of meetings, and records of all registrations issued by the board,
together with their kinds and dates, and the names of the persons to whom
issued, in books provided by the city for such purpose, which books and records
shall be open for free inspection by all persons during business hours.

The plumbing board shall have
power, and it shall be its duty, to adopt rules and regulations, not
inconsistent with the laws of the State of Nebraska or the ordinances of the
City of Norfolk, for the sanitary construction, alteration and inspection of
plumbing and sewerage connections placed in, or in connection with, any and
every building in Norfolk. Variances
from the plumbing code adopted in section 6-121 above, may be granted only by
the appeals board established in accordance with the building code. Any variance granted shall apply only to a
single building and shall not be considered as a part of the ordinances or
rules and regulations of the plumbing board.

Any person desiring to do any
plumbing, or to work at the business of plumbing, in the zoning jurisdiction of
the City of Norfolk, shall make application to the code official as provided in
this article.

Any
registration may be revoked or suspended by the plumbing board, at any time,
upon a hearing upon sufficient written, sworn charges filed with the board
showing the holder of the registration to be then incompetent or guilty of a
willful breach of the rules, regulations or requirements of the board, or of
the laws or ordinances relating thereto, or of other causes sufficient for the
revocation of his/her registration, of which charges and hearing the holder of
such registration shall have written notice.

Any
application for a plumbing registration provided for in this article which is
denied by the code official and/or director of planning and development may be appealed by the applicant to the plumbing
board. The board shall review the application at a hearing and determine
whether the applicant is entitled to registration pursuant to the provisions
provided in this article.

DIVISION 3. PERMITS

It shall be unlawful for any
person to do any plumbing within the zoning jurisdiction of Norfolk, Nebraska,
unless he/she holds a registration in accordance with this article. Registration is not required of employees of
the city water department acting within the scope of their employment, nor to a
homeowner doing plumbing work in the single family residence he/she owns and is
occupying or is constructing for his/her residence.

Any person, partnership,
corporation or other legal entity who installs or repairs any sanitary plumbing
within the zoning jurisdiction of the City of Norfolk shall be a duly qualified
plumbing contractor with a registration issued by the City of Norfolk. Every plumber shall notify the code official
of the address of his/her place of business, and the name under which such
business is carried on, and shall give immediate notice of any change in
either.

(a)
A
person desiring a plumbing contractor’s registration shall make written
application to the code official upon a form furnished by the Planning and
Development Department.
No person shall be issued a plumbing contractor’s registration unless he/she
has had at least two (2) years’ experience as a journeyman plumber within the
last six (6) years. Except in the case of renewal registrations, no person shall be
issued such a plumbing contractor’s registration unless he/she successfully
completes an examination approved by the plumbing board. An applicant
who has successfully completed a nationally standardized test based on the
International Plumbing Code within the last ten (10) years shall not be required
to retest. A
registration card shall be issued by the city upon the applicant’s proof
of successful examination completion and completion of a registration form filed
with the plumbing board or its designee. A person desiring the original
issuance or
renewal of such a registration shall pay the registration fee set forth in
Section 2-5 of this Code to the city. Such registration shall expire on December 31 of
each year. Applications for renewal registrations may be made between
December 1 and March 1. Applications for renewal registrations after March
1 shall be required to show proof of successful re-examination to the plumbing
board or its designee

(b)
No person who has obtained a plumber's registration shall allow his/her name to
be used by another person, either for the purpose of obtaining permits, or for
doing business or work under the registration.

(a)
A person desiring a
journeyman plumber’s registration shall make written application to the code
official on a form furnished by the Planning and Development Department.
No journeyman plumber’s registration shall be issued to any person who
has not had at least:

(1)
Three (3)
years’ experience as an apprentice plumber under supervision of a plumbing
contractor; or

(2)
Four (4)
years’ experience as a plumber in areas not having codes or licensing.

(b)
No such registration shall be issued to any person until he or she has
successfully completed a nationally standardized text based on the International
Plumbing Code. An applicant who has successfully completed such nationally
standardized test within the last ten (10) years shall not be required to
retest. The applicant shall pay an initial registration fee and subsequent yearly registration fees
to the city as set forth in
Section 2-5 of this Code. All fees shall be
paid at the time of application. Such registration shall expire on
December 31 of each year. Applications
for renewal registrations may be made between December 1 and March 1.
Applications for renewal registrations after March 1 shall be required to show
proof of successful re-examination to the plumbing board or its designee.

Any
person desiring to be registered as an apprentice plumber shall make written
application to the code official upon a form furnished by the Planning and
Development Department. The application shall contain the
applicant’s name, and employer name and address. No plumbing experience or examination is required. The application shall be accompanied by a
fee as set forth in Section
2-5 of this Code. All such
registrations shall expire on December 31 of each year. No person shall cause any plumbing work to
be done, altered or repaired by an apprentice plumber unless the apprentice
plumber works directly under the supervision of a registered plumbing
contractor or journeyman plumber. Applications for renewal registrations
may be made between December 1 and March 1.

Before the issuance of a
registration as a plumbing contractor, such person shall furnish and maintain
during all times that the registration is in effect, bodily injury and property
damage liability insurance coverage with limits of at least one million dollars
($1,000,000.00) per occurrence. The
registrant shall furnish the city clerk with a certificate of such insurance
coverage, which shall note that the insurance coverage shall not be terminated
except upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the City of Norfolk. The policy of insurance required by this section
shall be purchased at the expense of the registrant, shall be in effect for at
least one (1) year from the date of registration, and shall provide coverage of
products, hazards and completed operations.
Cancellation of the policy shall automatically suspend the registration
until a substitute policy has been obtained, and a certificate of that fact
filed in the office of the city clerk.
Such insurance will indemnify and hold the city harmless from all
liability, from any accidents or damages arising from negligence or
unskillfulness in doing or protecting his/her work while performing work
authorized by a permit or work requiring a permit or registration, and that
he/she will also restore the street, sidewalk, pavement or other public
property or right-of-way and fill all other public property or right-of-way in
as good a condition as he/she found them, and to indemnify and hold the city
harmless from damages suffered by his/her failure to do so, and keep and
maintain them in good repair in accordance with engineering standards and
specifications of the city, for a period of one year thereafter, and that
he/she will pay all fines imposed upon him/her for the violation of any rule or
regulation adopted by the city in force during the term of his/her registration,
and that he/she will pay all fees set forth in this article.

(a)
The plumbing board may waive the requirement of the requisite
years of registered service as set forth in sections 6-143 and 6-144 for a
journeyman plumber or an apprentice plumber before advancement to a plumbing
contractor or journeyman registration when at least four (4) members of the
plumbing board believe the applicant has had equivalent training or possesses
suitable proficiency.

(b)
Equivalent training or suitable proficiency shall be measured by
one or more of the following:

(1) Total
number of years worked in the plumbing trade, with written verification.

(2)
Years of work
or service in a related mechanical trade, i.e., refrigeration, heating and air
conditioning, private sewage system installations, etc.

(3)
College
courses relating to design and installation practices of the plumbing trade
that are successfully passed by the applicant.
The board may grant up to one-third of the actual school time spent on
education as an equivalent to the time spent in active service work.

The
property owner accepts all liability for placement of any yard irrigation
equipment within the right-of-ways, easements, alleys or any other property
owned or maintained by the City of Norfolk, which may be subject to damage due
to street or utility maintenance of any nature.

ARTICLE
VII. ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLING CODE

A certain document, one (1)
copy which is on file in the office of the city clerk of the City of Norfolk,
Nebraska, being marked and designated as International Residential Code, 2012
Edition as published by International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the one- and
two-family dwelling code of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska, as if fully set out in this
section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any,
prescribed in section 6-162 of this article.

The department of building safety is hereby created
and the official in charge thereof shall be known as the building official.
The terms "building official" and "code official"
shall be interchangeable as they relate to this code.

Section
R105.2 Work exempt from permit.
Amend to read as follows:

Permits
shall not be required for the following.
Exemption from the permit requirements of this code shall not be deemed
to grant authorization for any work to be done in any manner in violation of
the provisions of this code or any other laws or ordinances of this
jurisdiction.

8. Swings and other playground
equipment accessory to a one- or two-family dwelling.

9. Window awnings supported by
an exterior wall.

10. Replacement
of existing windows with like size windows where no structural alteration is
required to affect said change. Window
opening size shall not be substantially diminished by replacement and in no
instance shall a casement or slider style window be replaced with a double-hung
window style, unless minimum egress standard is met.

Section R108.2
Schedule of permit fees.
Add the Building Permit Fees set forth in
Section 2-5 of the
Norfolk City Code.

Section
110.3 Certificate Issued. Delete this section.

Section
R112.1 General. Amend to read as
follows:

Any
person who is aggrieved by a decision, notice or order of the code official
and/or director of planning and development
made pursuant to this article may appeal such decision, notice or order to the
board of appeals established pursuant to the current building code in force and
effect in the jurisdiction of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska. The procedure for said appeal shall be as
published in said building code then currently in force and effect.

Section R113.4
Violation penalties. Amend to read as follows:

Any
person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this code shall
be guilty of an offense and shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for
each and every day or portion thereof during which any violation of any of the
provisions of this code is committed, continued or allowed, and upon conviction
of any such violation, such person shall be punishable by a fine of not more
than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

Section R114.1 Notice to owner.
Amend to read as follows:

Upon
notice from the code official or director of planning and development that work on any building or structure is
being done contrary to the provisions of this code, such work shall immediately
be stopped. The stop work order shall
be in writing and shall be given to the owner of the property involved, or to
the owner’s agent, or to the person doing the work; and shall state the
conditions under which work will be permitted to be resumed.

SLEEPING
ROOM. Any room in a house that is
greater than 70 square feet and has built-in closet space and typically could
be used as a bedroom. This does not
include rooms used for cooking, eating, family living, gathering, bathrooms,
toilet rooms and halls.

BUILDING
ENVELOPE. Building sections which
separate inside, conditioned spaces from outside air.

Table R301.2(1): Insert the following design criteria information.

Roof Snow Load:

30 lbs. per square foot

Ground Snow Load:

25 lbs. per square foot

Wind Speed:

90 mph

Seismic Design Category:

B

Subject to Damage from
Weathering:

Severe

Subject to
Damage from Frost Line Depth:

42 inches

Subject to
Damage from Termite:

Moderate to Heavy

Subject to Damage from
Decay:

None to Slight

Winter Design Temp:

4 Degrees

Flood Hazards:

Not Available

Section R302.5.1 Amend. Delete "equipped
with a self-closing device."

Section R303.7 Stairway illumination. Amend to read as follows:

All
interior and exterior stairways, serving a means of egress, shall be provided
with a means to illuminate the stairs, including the landings and treads. Interior stairways shall be provided with an
artificial light source located in the immediate vicinity of each landing of the
stairway. Exterior stairways shall be
provided with an artificial light source located in the immediate vicinity of
the top landing of the stairway. Exterior
stairways providing access to a basement from the outside grade level shall be
provided with an artificial light source located in the immediate vicinity of
the bottom landing of the stairway.

1. For
rooms with sloped ceilings, at least 50 percent of the required floor area of
the room must have a ceiling height of at least 7 feet (2134 mm) and no portion
of the required floor area may have a ceiling height of less than 5 feet (1524
mm).

2.
Bathrooms shall have a minimum ceiling height of 6 feet 8 inches (2032 mm) at
the center of the front clearance area for fixtures as shown in Figure R307.1.
The ceiling height above fixtures shall be such that the fixture is capable of
being used for its intended purpose. A shower or tub equipped with a
showerhead shall have a minimum ceiling height of 6 feet 8 inches (2032 mm)
above a minimum area 30 inches (762 mm) by 30 inches (762 mm) at the showerhead.

R305.1.1 Basements. Amend to read as
follows:

Residential one- and two-family basements built
prior to January 1, 2000, which contain habitable or non-habitable spaces,
hallways, corridors, bathrooms, toilet rooms, and laundry rooms shall have a
ceiling height of not less than 6 feet 8 inches (2032 mm). Residential
basements built on or after January 1, 2000, with areas shown above in this
section, shall have a ceiling height of not less than 7 feet (2134 mm).

Exception: Beams, girders, ducts, or other
obstructions may project to within 6 feet 4 inches (1931 mm) of the finished
floor.

Section
R309.5 Fire Sprinklers. Delete this text. Add "Garages
located less than 10 feet from a dwelling unit on the same lot shall be
protected with not less than 5/8" gypsum board applied to the interior and
exterior walls.

Section
R311.7.8.1 Height. Handrail height, measured vertically from the
sloped plane adjoining the tread nosing, or finish surface of ramp slope, shall
not be less than 30 inches and or more than 38 inches.

Section
R313.1.3 Opening limitation. Delete Exception 2.

Section
R402.2 Concrete. Add the following sentence:

Garage
floors and driveways or unreinforced concrete shall be a minimum of 5"
thick. Reinforced concrete shall be a minimum of 4" thick.

1. Accessory buildings less than
one hundred eighty (180) square feet shall not be required to be constructed
with footings which extend below frost line.
Concrete for slab on grade shall be a minimum of four (4) inches thick
and a grid work of number 4 rebar four (4) foot on center.

Section R501.3 Fire protection of floors.
Delete this section.

Section
R502.3 Allowable joist spans. Amend to read as follows:

Spans
for floor joists shall be in accordance with Table R502.3.1(2). For other grades and species and for other
loading conditions, refer to the AF & PA Span Tables for Joists and
Rafters.

Table
R502.3.1(2) shall be utilized to determine the maximum allowable span of floor
joists that support all areas of the building, provided that the design live
load does not exceed 40 psf and the design dead load does not exceed 10 psf.

Section
R506.2.3 Vapor retarder. Delete this section.

Section
R907.3
Recovering versus replacement. Add:

4.
Architectural laminated asphalt shingles shall not be covered by an additional
layer of asphalt shingles.

Chapter
11: Remove
this chapter from the one- and two- family dwelling code, however retain the language
therefrom and adopt it as Appendix R with the following notation:

“[This appendix is informative and is not part of the code
and words or phrases that indicate mandatory action (i.e. “shall”) in this Appendix
R shall be read and construed as words or phrases that indicate recommended action
(i.e. “should”].”

Section M1305.1 Appliance access for
inspection service, repair and replacement. Amend. Add after last
sentence: "Mechanical rooms containing two or more appliances shall not be
less than 40 square feet in area nor less than 4 feet in width or depth.

1.
Sheetrock/paneling shall not be installed over existing wall/ceiling surfaces
unless approved by the code official.

2.
Uninhabitable basements shall not have non-structural partition walls.
Basements without code compliant stairways, minimum ceiling heights and at least
one egress window shall be considered to be uninhabitable.

ARTICLE
VIII. ENERGY CONSERVATION

A
certain document, one (1) copy which is on file in the office of the city
clerk of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska, being marked and designated as the
"2009 International Energy Conservation Code" as published by The
International Code Council, Inc. is hereby adopted as the energy conservation
code of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska, as if fully set out in this section,
with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if any, prescribed in
section 6-172 of this article.

ARTICLE
IX. PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE

A certain document, one (1) copy which is on file in
the office of the city clerk of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska, being marked
and designated as the “International Property Maintenance Code 2012 Edition,” as
published by The International Code Council, Inc., is hereby adopted as the
property maintenance code of the City of Norfolk, Nebraska, as if fully set
out in this section, with the additions, insertions, deletions and changes, if
any, prescribed in section 6-183 of this article.

The following sections of the property maintenance code adopted in
section 6-181 are hereby revised as follows:

Section
101.1 Title. Insert:
the City of Norfolk, Nebraska.

Section
103.5 Fees. Amend section to read as follows:

“The
fees for activities and services performed by the department in carrying out
its responsibilities under this code shall be charged as necessary to
reasonably recover costs.”

Section
110.1 General. Amend section to read as follows:

"The
code official shall order the owner of any structure or the owner of the
premises upon which any structure is located that has been condemned by the
code official pursuant to this code, or in the code official's judgment is so
old, dilapidated or has become so out of repair as to be dangerous, unsafe,
unsanitary or otherwise unfit for human habitation or occupancy, and such that
it is unreasonable to repair the structure, to demolish and remove such
structure; or if such structure is capable of being made safe by repairs, to
repair and make safe and sanitary or to demolish and remove at the structure
owner's or property owner's option; or where there has been a cessation of
normal construction of any structure for a period of more than two years, to
demolish and remove such structure. In the event the structure and
premises upon which the structure is located are in separate ownership, then
both the owner of the structure and the owner of the premises shall be
responsible for said removal."

Section
110.3 Failure to comply. Amend section to read as follows:

If
the owner of a premises fails to comply with a demolition order within the
time prescribed, the code official may cause the structure to be demolished
and removed, either through an available public agency or by contract or
arrangement with private persons, and the cost of such demolition and removal
shall be charged against the real estate upon which the structure is located
and shall be a lien upon such real estate.

"Any
person directly affected by a decision of the code official and/or director of
planning and development or a notice or
order issued under this code shall have the right to appeal to the board of
appeals, provided that a written application for appeal is filed within 20
days after the day the decision, notice or order was served. A fee set
forth in Section 2-5
of this Code shall accompany each application for appeal to the board of appeals
which fee shall be refunded to the applicant in the event the board of appeals
finds in favor of the applicant. The applicant shall also pay all
publication costs necessitated by the filing of said application as well as
all costs associated with arranging for the presence of a court reporter at
the hearing and the costs for creating a transcript of the hearing. An application for appeal shall be
based on a claim that the true intent of this code or the rules legally
adopted thereunder have been incorrectly interpreted, the provisions of this
code do not fully apply, or the requirements of this code are adequately
satisfied by other means, or that the strict application of any requirement of
this code would cause an undue hardship."

Section 112.4 Failure to comply.
Amend section to read as follows:

Any person who shall continue any work after having been served with a stop
work order, except such work as that person is directed to perform to remove
a violation or unsafe condition, shall be liable to a fine of not less than
twenty-five dollars ($25) or more than five hundred dollars ($500) per day,
per violation.

3.
Rooms occupied exclusively for sleeping, study, or similar purposes and having a
sloped ceiling over all or part of the room, with a minimum clear ceiling height
of 7 feet (2134 mm) over a minimum of one-third of the required minimum floor
area. In calculating the floor area of such rooms, only those portions of
the floor area with a minimum clear ceiling height of 5 feet (1524 mm) shall be
included.

R404.3.1 Basements. Amend
section to read as follows:

Residential one- and two-family basements
built prior to January 1, 2000, which contain habitable or non-habitable
spaces, hallways, corridors, bathrooms, toilet rooms, and laundry rooms
shall have a ceiling height of not less than 6 feet 8 inches (2032 mm).
Residential basements built on or after January 1, 2000, with areas shown
above in this section, shall have a ceiling height of not less than 7 feet
(2134 mm).

Exception: Beams, girders, ducts, or other
obstructions may project to within 6 feet 4 inches (1931 mm) of the finished
floor.

Section
602.3 Heat supply. Amend section to read as follows:

“Every owner and operator of any building who
rents, leases or lets one or more dwelling unit, rooming unit, dormitory or
guestroom on terms, either expressed or implied, to furnish heat to the
occupants thereof shall supply heat to maintain a temperature of not less than
68 F. (20 C.) in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and toilet rooms.

Exception: When the outdoor temperature is below the winter outdoor
design temperature for the locality, maintenance of the minimum room
temperature shall not be required provided that the heating system is
operating at its full design capacity. The
winter outdoor design temperature for the locality shall be as indicated in
Appendix D of the International Plumbing Code.”

Any structure becoming uninhabitable, unusable or unoccupiable as a result of
fire, flood, wind, disaster or other calamity shall be completely repaired
within one (1) year of the fire, flood,
wind, disaster or other calamity. If repairs are not completed within one
(1) year, the structure shall be inspected by the code official. If
following the inspection, the structure is determined to be uninhabitable,
unusable or unoccupiable by the code official or director of planning and
development, the structure shall be demolished
by the owner of the property. In the event the structure and premises upon
which the structure is located are in separate ownership, then both the owner of
the structure and the owner of the premises shall be responsible for said
removal. Any appeal of the code official and/or director of planning and
development's decision shall be governed by
the appeal provisions contained in the property maintenance code adopted by the
city.

Source: Ord. No. 4975, § 2, 9-17-07; Ord. No.
5563, § 31, 8-20-18;

The public information contained herein
is furnished as a public service by the City of Norfolk. The official
record is maintained by the City Clerk's Office as required by Neb. Rev.
Stat. § 16-317. A printed version of the Norfolk Municipal Code is
available at the City Clerk's Office and the Norfolk Public Library.